International carbon markets are a cost efficient instrument for achieving given CO2 emissions target. This paper identifies the conditions under which participating governments benefit from establishment of such market through Coasean cooperation, in presence strategic considerations negotiations. While negotiations internalize cross-border spillovers, have incentives to send delegates who val...

This study focuses on the concept of leadership. It aims to explain the relationship between language and leadership. In this theoretical essay, firstly, the concept of leadership is discussed and then the relationship between semiotics, language, and discourse is described. Taking the obtained theoretical frame as a base, the function of language as a sign of leadership is studied within the f...

Illicit transnational flows of goods, money, information, and people – the clandestine side of globalization – have become a growing source of tension and conflict in world politics. Nevertheless, the illicit dimensions of the global economy are largely overlooked in the international political economy (IPE) literature.1 This is evident by surveying the major textbooks, readers, and journals in...

La verificación de la convergencia o no de regulaciones y leyes nacionales en el contexto de la globalización internacional, y la evaluación de este proceso, han sido objeto de una vasta literatura. Sin embargo, la aplicación específica a la regulación de servicios públicos ha recibido poca atención. Este documento propone un modelo simple que captura los elementos centrales de los servicios pú...